In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, a listener on “team wasp” writes in with some interesting info on USDA wasps for pesticide-free pest control and we learn about some wasp versus beetle drama.

Jul. 16—It's summer. That means, to paraphrase Donovan in a way he wouldn't appreciate, it must be the Season of the Wasp. But before I go further, I'm adding a content warning, at the request of Keri ...

It's unusual for a college student to discover even one new species. Rachel Smith discovered eighteen. All of them were beetles. That means that the stupendous, ever-growing list of beetle species ...

Kristine Grayson is an associate professor of biology at the University of Richmond. This story was originally featured on The Conversation. The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a ...

OAKDALE, Minn. – State researchers have a new ally in the battle against the emerald ash borer. It's a wasp called the Cerceris fumipennis – otherwise known as the smoky winged beetle bandit. And ...

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Researchers at the University of Tennessee are investigating whether parasitic wasps can be used to kill the emerald ash borer, a beetle that is threatening millions of trees ...

On the last day of July, there was a different kind of drama at a baseball field in Rutland Town. A mother wasp flew low over the infield, weighed down with a beetle that she planned to feed to her ...

HOPKINTON, R.I. (WPRI) — As invasive tree-killing beetles continue to overspread the state, scientists from the University of Rhode Island (URI) are now fighting back. Emerald Ash Borer (photo ...

Beetles make up around 40% of all insect species ever described and around 25% of all animals. Are there really that many different kinds of... Beetles And Wasps Vie For Title of Most Diverse Critter ...